Chapter 116 Mastermind

"I can do anything to break your pride like dust" John's words made Clara's tears roll down quietly. But she doesn't want to give in. She glared at him with her fiery eyes.

"My pride alone is enough to crush you completely" Damn her mouth and words. Why does it have to stay worked up all day? But Clara didn't regret her words.

"The more you provoked me, the more excited I got to play with you." John laughed at her and that's it, Clara didn't want to hold back more. This guy needs a reality check.

"Don't tell me that you assumed you had kidnapped me?" Clara laughed like a maniac and John stayed silent studying her features.

"You kidnapped me because I let you do so" Clara's sharp gaze and fiery words made John rooted to the spot. It must be a lie. John never met a girl like Clara. She could die in a snap of a second but still her words and attitude are not at all matching her situation.

Clara remembered what happened few hours ago.

Few hours before "Did you find out about that camera?" Clara wrote the note and kept them on the table. She left the place.

"Your doubt is right. All three incidents have a connecting point. Elsa's engagement was covered by the green channel which was owned by Sandy's father. And about that Chandelier, it was John William's close friend's hotel." Clara's eyes turned pale with the content. She asked Brain, Sandy's detective friend, to connect the incidents and find out about the person. And she asked him to mainly find out about the camera as she has that intuition that the person is watching her inch by inch.

Clara kept the GPS inside her hair and walked towards John's room in the hospital to end the game in her style, Clara's style.

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Present.

John cursed himself when he didn't check any device with her. He was so sure of his plan that he didn't doubt Clara's play. Of course, he didn't think that this timid girl would have such a smart-a*s head.

John grabbed a bunch of her hair harshly. Clara was just laughing at him, provoking him to another level. Soon he diffused the GPS device and dragged her to another place.

Clara wanted them to find out about this place soon.

"Now I will love to see which bodyguard of yours will find your body?" John asked with

a laugh. Clara just prayed that they find out about this place too.

"You don't know how dangerous I am," John whispered, yelling at her, and taking the gun suddenly. Clara didn't show her scared face but glared at him with so much intensity to make him madder.

"I can just crush you completely and walk like a king as if nothing happened. Same as how I killed my wife" The moment he told them, Clara was horrified. It can't be true. How can this person be so evil? She has admired him once a while whenever he was showering love on Sandy and Rose.

"Killed?" Clara asked and laughed like a maniac. She knew that she was provoking him. But he is a psycho and he won't spit the truth unless provoked like this.

"Don't kid me. You can just threaten people, hiding your face. Don't give too much importance to yourself" Clara's comment made him grit his teeth uncontrollably.

"What did you say?" John stormed towards her in fast and long strides and slapped her hard. Clara could see stars in the vision already.

"Barking dogs seldom bite" Clara didn't regret her words at all. She is disgusted by this guy and wants to smash his head for real. But all she could do was to snap at him only. "You have an illusion that you are a mastermind. Please don't insult that word. Get a life." Clara added as John grabbed her chin harshly.

"Killing by a gun or knife is easy. But mentally torturing someone till they attempt suicide is kind of scary. Don't you agree?" John asked as Clara's face was of pure horror. Did he make his wife to attempt suicide?

"That's what mastermind means" He added as he pushed her harshly over the floor. On the day of Naila's suicide.

"Did you ask Sana to lie?" Naila asked straight without any polishing. Her fearful face and teary eyes can melt one huge stone. But John stood unfazed. She heard his conversation with Sana over the call. He was blackmailing her to leave the city so that he wouldn't hurt her mother.

Naila felt betrayed all her life. His face is no longer familiar to her. She felt as if she was watching a clone version of her husband.

"Why?" She asked as she grabbed his collar in anger.

"Stop your naive drama. More than anything, you are hurt that you will no longer see Frank, right?" John asked, screaming out of his lungs and Naila stood there shocked. This was news to her. A single statement could show his heart from the start. This single line made her realize what type of person he is.

"I have lost all battles with Frank. But when I married you, I felt complete. But now I feel insulted to even marry you. It was always Frank everywhere." John screamed again and left the place instantly. Naila stood there paralysed.

It was too much information to get in her tiny brain. She couldn't process everything.

The entire situation calmed down when she finally gulped those tablets. She just wants to end her life which is now a burden to her.

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Flashback ends Clara felt so sad for Naila whom she never met. She looked at John with so much hatred in her eyes. How cheap this guy is.

"What did you say?" Sandy's voice startled John. He was so shocked to even react.

He turned and saw Alex, Sandy, and Brain there. John was too mad now only at Clara

as how the girl easily made him a villain in front of his son. She deserves to die. Clara laughed at his naive attempt.

"Did you think that I would carry only one GPS?" Clara asked as her laughter filled the entire room.

John pressed her neck in reflex, stopping her laugh. He was always a perfect man in Sandy's eyes. But now, everything was spoiled because of this girl. He can't even repair the image now. The look on Sandy's face killed him literally.

Brain knocked off John right there and Alex helped Clara to get up. She was struggling hard to breathe and her tears were not stopping any time.

"You shouldn't have pulled this dangerous stunt. Why did you follow him?" Alex yelled at Clara and hugged her tightly. The thought of losing her made him insane. He just can't imagine what he would do then.

"I wanted to catch him. But I didn't know that it was him who bribed Sana to pull that stunt" Clara's words made Alex shocked. So, everything was interrelated? They just came with Brain to locate Clara. Seeing John like this was a shocker and knowing that he was the one behind every damn thing was unexpected.

Alex turned to see Sandy who didn't even blink away from the scene. He was watching John only. Brain cuffed John and dragged him towards Sandy.

"Sandy, my boy. Everything is a lie. It's not true. I just wanted to protect you. I didn't want you to have the same humiliation I had because of Frank in everyday life. I did everything for you" John screamed and tried to pull Sandy but he slowly stepped backside with a shocked eye which had tears already.

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"Did you kill mom?" Sandy asked in his broken tone. He doesn't care what he was doing with Clara. He doesn't even realise why he was hurting everyone around him. He was shocked with the single word from his mouth. 'Just like how I killed my wife'. "No. No. I love Naila. How can I kill her?" John spoke and tried to get to Sandy's side again.

Sandy turned away and walked Fastly. He didn't want to stay there anymore. His whole world was a lie till now. His whole existence was a lie. His dad, with whom he had ideologies his whole life, was not the person to get such respect from anyone. Sandy kept walking till he felt numb in his feet. He sat over the footpath as he scanned the surroundings. The vehicle sound, the kids sound, everything started suffocating him. He looked here and there with no expression on his face "Same like how I killed my wife" The words played again inside his head as he stopped the sound from getting inside her body.

"That can't be true, isn't it?" He asked and now he has no control over his sobs. More than the betrayal from his father, he felt shattered realizing that he was punishing Alex for that.

His mom didn't attempt suicide because of those articles which Alex published. She didn't sacrifice her life because of all those insulting words Alex told them that day. Sandy buried his face inside his palm.

"Get away. I don't need your sympathy" Sandy snarled at Alex, who was following him since he left that place "Do you want to laugh at me?" Sandy asked, grabbing his collar. Sandy's eyes were as red as blood and his tears had no reason to stop. "Yeah, I want to laugh at you. But I will be the one to give a shoulder to cry on." Alex replied with the same teary eyes. John's betrayal shook Alex too.

"Just don't cry alone," Alex added. Sandy glared at Alex sharply and he didn't waste a single second to hug his friend.

"Why did he do this?" Sandy mumbled and let out a big sob. Its broke Alex's heart into pieces to see Sandy cry like this.

"Why?" Sandy screamed again, losing his control.

Alex is the best person to be with whenever you are feeling low. He won't console you. He won't say that it's okay. He won't give those false hopes. He will just let you cry and empty your heart. He will listen to everything you blabber.

Sandy had a perfect life since childhood. He never wished to cry for anything. So, he always offered his arms to Alex and Rose whenever they missed their mom. But right now, Sandy feels that he had the most miserable childhood than anyone else in this world. Even worse than Clara's.